한국광물학회지 (Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea)

  • 제30권4호
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  • Pages.137-147
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  • 2017
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  • 1225-309X(pISSN)
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  • 2288-7172(eISSN)
한국광물학회 (The Mineralogical Society of Korea)
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해쇄 및 침강분리에 의한 저품위 견운모의 품위향상 특성

Beneficiation of Low Grade Sericite Using Attrition Scrubbing and Sedimentation

  • Chae, Sungki (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Hyunsoo (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Sangbae (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Wantae (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 투고 : 2017.09.19
  • 심사 : 2017.11.21
  • 발행 : 2017.12.30
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본 연구에서는 저품위 견운모를 대상으로 파쇄, 해쇄 및 침강분리 공정을 적용하여 각각의 단위공정의 특성과 품위향상에 미치는 영향에 대해 고찰하였다. 원광석의 주 구성광물은 견운모, 석영, 방해석이었으며, 체가름 결과, 입자의 크기가 작아질수록 견운모의 함량은 높아지는 반면, 불순광물의 함량은 상대적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 조암광물의 형상 및 원소분석 결과, 메디아를 이용하는 분쇄 방식보다는 입자의 표면에 선택적으로 충격력과 전단력을 가해줄 수 있는 해쇄 방식이 적절한 것으로 판단되었다. 해쇄 시간 및 슬러리 농도가 증가함에 따라 미립자 발생량이 증가하였으며, 장시간 해쇄한 경우 미립자 내 불순광물인 석영과 방해석의 혼입량이 증가하는 결과를 보였다. 해쇄 없이 단순하게 분산한 슬러리를 20분 동안 정치 후 회수한 정광의 생산율은 15.4 wt%, $K_2O$ 함량은 9.84 wt% 였다. 10분 해쇄한 후 40분 침강 분리하여 회수한 정광의 생산율은 23.4 wt%로 증가한 반면 $K_2O$ 함량은 9.71 wt%로 감소하였다. 회수된 최종산물은 대부분 판상의 입자로 관찰되었으며 입자표면의 원소분석 결과, 주 구성 원소는 Si, Al, K로 견운모의 화학조성을 보였다.

Sericite is a clay mineral that has a wide applications in the industry, depending on its purity. To maintain sericite's purity as high as possible it is necessary to remove its gangue minerals or control their contents prior to use for high value-added products and applications. In this study, the wet beneficiation of sericite by applying selective grinding and sedimentation techniques, were investigated. The ore mineral was composed mainly of sericite, quartz and calcite. Analysis showed that the content of sericite increased along with the particle size decrease, but the contents of impurity minerals as quartz and calcite were tended to decrease relatively with particle size decrease. The results of liberation tests using an attrition scrubber showed that the increase in residence time and slurry density have increased the generation of fine particles in -325 mesh size range. It was observed, however, that the contents of impurities such as quartz and calcite in such fine particles also increased during prolonged scrubbing. In the dispersed form without breaking, the yield of the recovered concentrate was 15.4 wt% and the $K_2O$ content was 9.84 wt%, after the dispersed slurry was allowed to settle for 20 minutes. On the other hand, the concentrate yield was increased to 23.4 wt% after 10 minute attrition scrubbing and 40 minute sedimentation, while its $K_2O$ content was decreased to 9.71 wt%. Most of final products were observed as platelet-shaped particles containing Si, Al and K which are main component of sericite.

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